Peon: [Katie] said I’d be fired because of my hair.
VP: I don’t fire people for having stupid hair.
500 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: TC Ledger
Peon: [Katie] said I’d be fired because of my hair.
VP: I don’t fire people for having stupid hair.
500 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: TC Ledger
Phone monkey to supervisor getting beer out of bag: So, can I drink this at my desk or do I have to go outside?
Government Call Centre
Canberra
Australia
Boss: Have you fixed that invoice?
Minion: Yeah! It was totally magical — Mary* thinks I’m awesome, and she’s going to do some stuff in the system and the invoice will be fixed!
Boss: So, we’re getting paid?
Minion: Yeah! Magical Mary will fix it, I’ll send it out, and we’ll get paid! Hooray for everyone!
200 Harry S. Truman Parkway
Annapolis, Maryland
Overheard by: Rica
Boss: I smell fart.
Male coworker: Yeah, I smell fart.
Female coworker: It smells like fart.
Male coworker: Did you fart?
Boss: Did you fart?
Female coworker: No. I would fart but that one wasn’t mine.
8531 Olive Blvd
St Louis, Missouri
Overheard by: The Girl
Peon in meeting, after VP has announced new sales pitch: So we're basically ripping off customers.
(sudden group silence)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Overheard by: Go!
Boss: Stop communicating!
Underling (sheepishly): Sorry.
New York
Manager: Here's the office supply cabinet. Do you need anything?
First-day-on-the-job peon: Oh yeah! A pad of paper. I like to take dubious notes.
Cleveland, Ohio
Boss: Have you seen Tina today?
Loudmouth: Yeah, at 1 am, passed out in the shrubbery!
DeKalb, Illinois
Overheard by: also hungover
Boss, setting down ancient computing equipment: I don’t know what’s going to happen when I turn this on. Hopefully it won’t catch on fire…
Minion: Then why is it on my desk?
Tyco Road
Vienna, Virginia
Overheard by: Hiding behind the bookshelves
Boss: Spring is in the air. I’ll be outside for the next 15 minutes reviewing this paper. If any urgent crisis happens, don’t tell me.
308 West Freemason Street
Norfolk, Virginia
